The tables looked great on our big night last week when yes ... we won the Northern Art Prize!

Thanks again to Unto This Last for making the tables especially for us, and to everyone who has been bringing in their produce and craft.

If you live in Leeds it's not too late for you to use the tables, just bring in what you've grown or made and ask the gallery staff to give you a label for your items. Then, once they've sold (money goes in the slots next to each item) come back and collect your cash! If you email us a picture we'll add it too this page.

Brighten up your allotment with these beautiful cane tops ... and stop catching your jumper or poking out someone's eye at the same time. Sure to make any veg. patch look great - even in winter.

A snip at Â£5 a piece

Michael emailed us about how they are made:

"Well, raku is a Japanese art, nicked and adapted by western ceramicists in the 1960's. I bisc fire in an electric kiln and then raku fire in an adapted dustbin fired with butaine gas. For the raku firing I work outside next to our allotment in the elements (high winds and rain in this instance) I also always do these firings at night because I can gauge the firing better in the dark, and the kids are in bed and out of the way.

All the pieces I have sent to Leeds have a copper oxide glaze on them, apart from a couple which have a copper wash - the glaze on these is very thin and matt when finished. I remove the pieces from the kiln when the glaze melts - approximately very hot - and put in a reducing kiln, (an old biscuit tin half filled with saw dust) sprinkle with saw dust and replace the lid. This reduces the oxygen in the kiln (biscuit tin) and can give the copper effect on some of the pieces. It is not an exact science - particularly with me - so results vary."